Subject - BMW M5
Requirements - Wet sand imperfections and lots and lots of Paint Correction
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Wetsanding
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf Pad - Griots Orbital
- Meg's D300 with Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax Premium Class Carnauba Wax
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Interior
- Interior Vac
- Leather Cleaned/Conditioned
- Plastic - wiped down and protected
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System
Menzerna SF4000
Sonax Premium Carnauba Paste Wax
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
1Z einszett Cockpit
Leather Master Strong Cleaner
Leather Master Vital Conditioner
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5678.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5677.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5674.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5670.jpg
Interior afters
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6057.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6056.jpg
Exterior
Before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5637.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5636.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5631.jpg
Prep - Wash, decon, autoscrub, wheels, tires, engine
Wheels
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5638.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5647.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5654.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5653.jpg
Wash
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5650.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5651.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5655.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5652.jpg
Iron Cut
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5658.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5657.jpg
Rinse
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5660.jpg
Stoner's Tarminator to remove the rest of the grime
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5663.jpg
Before - imperfections galore you name it, this M5 had it.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5949.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5950.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5951.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5952.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5953.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5955.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5956.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5957.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5958.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5959.jpg
Trunk in different angles
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5960.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5962.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5964.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5963.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5965.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5966.jpg
More imperfections
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5970.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5969.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5972.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5973.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5993.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5995.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5996.jpg
Wetsanding the imperfections
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5978.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5980.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5998.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6000.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6004.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6008.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6007.jpg
50/50 shots
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5984.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5987.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5988.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5990.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6020.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6021.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6023.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6025.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_5969.jpg
After some heavy compounding (didn't get to the fuel door yet)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6009.jpg
More
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6011.jpg
Before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6015.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6014.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6015.jpg
After
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6016.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6010.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6019.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6018.jpg
Rear fender before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6029.jpg
Close up
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6030.jpg
After
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6031.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6032.jpg
Rinsing off the car
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6039.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6041.jpg
Tight beads from Sonax Premium Class Carnauba
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6040.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6038.jpg
Afters
Engine
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6046.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6045.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6044.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6047.jpg
Final After shots
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6078.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6049.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6051.jpg
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6062.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6068.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6069.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6070.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6063.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6059.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6058.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6060.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6075.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6074.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC_6073.jpg